Match composition.



Nrrnn STATES} Patented March 8, 1904.

JOHN A. WENDEL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MATCH COMPOSITION.

SEECIFIOATION forming part'of Letters Patent N 0. 754,265, dated March 8, 1904,

Application filed October 28 1903.

. ous, and will not ignite unless subjected to extreme friction.

' A further object is to produce a match which is not easily affected by dampness, which produces a good flame, and which has disinfecting properties when lighted.

; The composition consists of the following ingredients combined in the proportions stated: potassium chlorate, two; sulfid of antimony, one; lead nitrate, one; amorphous phosphorus, 0.5; vegetable carbon, 0.5; bichromate ofpotash, 0,3.

' In preparing the mixture five parts of glue are boiled with thirty parts of water. The sulfid of antimonyflead nitrate, amorphous phosphorus, vegetable carbon, and bichromate of potash are then placed in a mortar in the proportions stated and are slowly mixed with a Wooden spatula and. finally pulverized by pressing lightly thereon with a clean glass pestle. The potassium chlorate is then pulyerized and ,mixed with an equal quantity of the glue-water, and after it has been slowly f "rredan'd a softmixture produced the bala'ince of-th'e glueewater is added, and the mixture formed of the other ingredients is then Serial No. 178,891- (ll'o specimens.)

added to it and thoroughly stirred, thereby producing a mixture of a greenish color. The match-splints are then dipped'into the mixture and dried, after which they are ready for use. Matches formed in this manner can be transported practically without danger of ignition or explosion and will not be lighted unless subjected to considerable friction. Owing to the slight quantity of amorphous phosphorus contained in the'mixture the matches are rendered practically harmless. Moreover, the matches will not easily ignite when stepped following proportions, potassium chlorate,

two, sulfid of antimony, one, lead nitrate,

one, amorphous phosphorus, 0.5,- vegetable carbon, 0.5, bichromate of potash, 0.3, and

glue.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JOHN A. WENDEL.

Witnesses: I

JACOB KEHREIN, LOUIS KOBLER.

3. A composition of matter prepared in the upon and are practically unaii'ected by a damp 

